Topic: Multipoles contributions in electromagnetics

Ladislau Matekovits was born in Arad (Romania), on November 19, 1967. He received the degree in electronic engineering from Institutul Politehnic din Bucuresti, Bucuresti, Romania and Ph.D. (Dottorato di Ricerca) degree in electronic engineering form Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy in 1992 and 1995 respectively. Since 1995 he is with the same Electronics Department of the Politecnico di Torino, first as a postdoctoral fellow and later as a Research Assistant. He joined the same Department as Assistant Professor in 2001 and was appointed as Senior Assistant Professor in 2005. In late 2005 Ladislau Matekovits was Visiting Scientist at the Antennas and Scattering Department of the FGAN-FHR (now Fraunhofer Institute), Wachtberg, Germany. Since 1st of July 2009 Dr. Matekovits is a Marie Curie Fellow at the Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. The prestigious three-year grant is funded by the European Commission.